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Hi All, Happy Thanksgiving! Checking in on this site-forum, after helping a friend during Black Friday week to source an all-rounder eBike to "try at a deal". His first eMTB. Looking at the limited postings about Niner here on this site, I don't expect much of a response but what they hey...

Good question. More info to share, I.e At my closest local Motorsports store, ex-Safeway grocery store/size that is, they reached a deal with a local bike shop owner who closed his bicycle store, and he now sub-leases space inside this large Motorsports store that sells Yamaha, Suzuki...

Retailer store COMPETITION is here in different ways now too, at least for eMTBs that is. Yet another competitive threat to regular bicycle stores for the e-Bike sector is here now, today, or for eMTBs at least - in my neck of the woods. Read on if interested... Traditional Motorcycle retail...

Well, I hope positive outcomes for the MFGs you mention for a while longer because I want them all to keep LBS stores around us in business. I won't bring attention to whom I'm referring to, but when you see the results of engineers [in Europe] studying the best of Specialized or Santa Cruz...

Nice, good going! I have a few buddies lurking and thinking about buying some higher $ eMTBs now. And, they are all enamored with the latest round of online purchase companies, [one starts with a "C"] competing handily with Specialized, Trek, Giant on the entry purchase. Great bikes, great...

Please keep us posted on how it goes for you. Interested in understanding what kind of support is provided for parts orders, warranty replacement, and responsiveness.

The Specialized website offered my eMTB Carbon Comp Turbo Levo bike at a reduced price on sale, and my LBS honored it, ordered it, assembled it, converted it to tubeless, cut the bars for me, and let me test ride it a few times before I paid for it in full. I met the sales person who rides...

@Marquezdl "...my guess is that Specialized has opted to sell as much of its existing inventory as possible globally before releasing anything new,..." Yes, this may be the case based on remaining deals and stock still barely out there on a few models. Been helping a friend on the fence who was...

Keep these motor replacement stories coming. It's good to track the general trend and support on this for general knowledge across this Spec forum, Thanks!

@Stefan Mikes No disagreement here. People do all kinds of crazy stuff here, there was a guy I saw driving down the road last year who turned his Mazda Miata into a raised off-road four wheel drive dirt & rocks crawler machine. Same thing with a local 1967 convertible camaro 'round here too...

Re: Racks/Fenders on a Levo topic - In photos on google I've seen some universal rear (clamp-on) racks people have used on the Levo bikes, and the smaller plastic fenders, however it's probably not ideal on this bike. Sure it will work, but is the right bike for that, and when going offroading...

Keep up the good questions and homework. It's going to be easier to figure out with bikes than speakers, imo. Using the speaker selection analogy is an interesting thought. As a former professional in the industry, building, then later designing, developing and building, reselling and later my...

@Stefan Mikes Totally agree that you really don't know for sure until you start riding and using your bike in your favorite areas. With that said, while I had been riding my other semi-gravel bike (Specialized Sirrus X 5.0, non-eBike) for the past year, and had just sold my Santa Cruz Tallboy...

@warthor I responded on the other thread when you were looking at the "base" model Turbo Levo. In all cases, whether it be Turbo Vado / Tero / Tero X, Levo, whatever it is, the one thing I can recommend is it's worth getting the right bike and model level for you when you are paying this much...

Yep, this deal at 5k was for the "base" carbon Turbo Levo. Note: You have to look real close at what you're getting. You'll notice the forks, shock, shifting components you get with the base model, is what it is. It's an upgrade-path bike for lower entry cost. Once I decided to go back to full...

Agree, and can understand why you do. I really enjoyed three separate demos recently on a new Vado 4.0. Super fun to ride. Precise handling on road, and compromised surface areas. Like the riding position and overall interaction with the bike. Highly recommend it recently to a few good friends...

Agree, that's great. I looked for a while and did not see this kind of deal for a 5.0. Good for you, very nice!

Good points and definitely where my thinking is stuck. I called today and there are no available new 5.0 Vados in my region next 90-120 days. Oh well - This sort of cuts me loose to look around for potential alternatives. I find it hard to understand how my local incycle (specialized backed...

Disclaimer: I only tested 3.0 in Tero, not 5.0, so my feedback might be limited. On the road, the Tero 3.0 for me was a little bit sluggish compared to my own Sirrus X 5.0 and the Vado 4.0 I demoed. I suspect two reasons for starters, types of tires - knobby vs street 50/50 hybrid, and taller...

Thanks for sharing this @giantkn10. Something easy to swap like this is more attractive than replacing front and rear both. Sorry if I missed it, and when you mentioned a chain guide, I'm assuming you did this on a Vado maybe. Just to reconfirm, is it a Tero or Vado for this chain ring swap...